The 2010 Spanish Grand Prix Thread

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This is the place to discuss everything related to the fifth round of the 2010 season taking place at the Barcelona circuit in Spain between the 7th and the 9th of May.

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Track Layout



The event timetable for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:00 local time - 9:00 GMT
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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First Friday practice session results:

Driver Team Laptime Total laps
Hamilton McLaren 1:21.134 21
Button McLaren 1:21.672 14
Schumacher Mercedes 1:21.716 12
Webber Red Bull 1:22.011 27
Vettel Red Bull 1:22.026 22
Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.070 19
Kubica Renault 1:22.202 22
Alonso Ferrari 1:22.258 19
Petrov Renault 1:22.397 23
Kobayashi Sauber 1:22.492 26
Buemi Toro Ross 1:22.588 24
Massa Ferrari 1:22.975 22
di Resta Force India 1:23.030 21
Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:23.110 31
Liuzzi Force India 1:23.284 19
Barrichello Williams 1:23.312 22
Hulkenberg Williams 1:23.471 20
Kovalainen Lotus 1:25.329 17
Trulli Lotus 1:26.244 20
Glock Virgin Racing 1:26.340 23
di Grassi Virgin Racing 1:26.694 24
Klien HRT 1:27.250 26
Senna HRT 1:27.752 27
de la Rosa Sauber No Time 3

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Second Friday practice session results:

Driver Team Laptime Total laps
Vettel Red Bull 1:19.965 24
Webber Red Bull 1:20.175 35
Schumacher Mercedes 1:20.757 28
Alonso Ferrari 1:20.819 30
Hamilton McLaren 1:21.191 23
Kubica Renault 1:21.202 36
Rosberg Mercedes 1:21.271 27
Massa Ferrari 1:21.302 25
Button McLaren 1:21.364 26
Sutil Force India 1:21.518 32
de la Rosa Sauber 1:21.672 37
Liuzzi Force India 1:21.904 32
Kobayashi Sauber 1:21.931 29
Buemi Toro Ross 1:22.184 37
Barrichello Williams 1:22.192 33
Petrov Renault 1:22.435 35
Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:22.449 34
Hulkenberg Williams 1:23.765 7
Trulli Lotus 1:24.209 26
Kovalainen Lotus 1:24.894 22
di Grassi Virgin Racing 1:25.066 30
Chandhok HRT 1:26.152 25
Senna HRT 1:26.596 21
Glock Virgin Racing 1:26.340 23

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Saturday practice session results:

Driver Team Laptime Total laps
Vettel Red Bull 1:20.528 15
Webber Red Bull 1:21.232 11
Hamilton McLaren 1:21.348 14
Button McLaren 1:21.376 16
Schumacher Mercedes 1:21.583 14
Massa Ferrari 1:21.749 16
Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.013 14
Alonso Ferrari 1:22.091 15
Kubica Renault 1:22.242 20
Sutil Force India 1:22.377 12
Buemi Toro Ross 1:22.400 18
Kobayashi Sauber 1:22.412 11
de la Rosa Sauber 1:22.527 20
Hulkenberg Williams 1:22.534 16
Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:22.926 20
Barrichello Williams 1:22.953 16
Liuzzi Force India 1:23.597 12
Petrov Renault 1:23.896 5
Trulli Lotus 1:24.610 14
Kovalainen Lotus 1:24.745 11
Glock Virgin Racing 1:25.722 15
di Grassi Virgin Racing 1:25.855 14
Chandhok HRT 1:26.611 18
Senna HRT 1:30.246 6

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Qualifying Results
Q3
Driver Team Time
Webber Red Bull 1:19.995
Vettel Red Bull 1:20.101
Hamilton McLaren 1:20.829
Alonso Ferrari 1:20.937
Button McLaren 1:20.991
Schumacher Mercedes 1:21.294
Kubica Renault 1:21.353
Rosberg Mercedes 1:21.408
Massa Ferrari 1:21.585
Kobayashi Sauber 1:21.984

Q2
Driver Team Time
Sutil Force India 1:21.985
de la Rosa Sauber 1:22.026
Hulkenberg Williams 1:22.131
Petrov Renault 1:22.139
Buemi Toro Rosso 1:22.191
Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:22.207
Liuzzi Force India 1:22.854

Q1
Driver Team Time
Barrichello Williams 1:23.125
Trulli Lotus 1:24.674
Kovalainen Lotus 1:24.748
Glock Virgin 1:25.475
di Grassi Virgin 1:25.556
Chandhok HRT 1:26.750
Senna HRT 1:27.122

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Race result

Pos. Driver Team Gap
1. Webber Red Bull
2. Alonso Ferrari +24.0
3. Vettel Red Bull +51.3
4. Schumacher Mercedes +62.1
5. Button McLaren +63.7
6. Massa Ferrari +65.7
7. Sutil Force India +72.9
8. Kubica Renault +73.6
9. Barrichello Williams +1 lap
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso +1 lap
11. Petrov Renault +1 lap
12. Kobayashi Sauber +1 lap
13. Rosberg Mercedes +1 lap
14. Hamilton McLaren +2 laps (Crash)
15. Liuzzi Force India +2 laps
16. Hulkenberg Williams +2 laps
17. Trulli Lotus +3 laps
18. Glock Virgin +3 laps
19 di Grassi Virgin +4 laps

Retirements
Buemi
Chandhok
de la Rosa
Senna
Kovalainen

[jido]

Great race from end to end for Webber. He has my vote. Vettel unlucky, Alonso strong.

Lewis is the second hero of the day, not listed.

Schumacher did well with what he had.
Button and Kubica deserved better but the track did not give them chances.

[Julian Mayo]

Mark dominated the event.

[jido]

Mark dominated the event.

Nothing else to say Julian?

[mlittle]

Mark dominated the event.

Nothing else to say Julian?

What else is there to say?
Mark ran an excellent race and Julian's right...........

[JayVee]

Webber was impressive, happy to see him win. My fear though is that Webber does this then goes to sleep and has a mediocre race or two.
He needs to dominate all the time if he wants to be champion

Alonso is doing miracles at Ferrari , by Monaco he'll be leading the championship again
I doubt Massa will be retained!! Bring Kubica, so Alonso gets someone who can push him

I guess some are so desparete to see Michael beat his teammate - and that was only after the team re-designed the car for Michael
Voting for Michael as driver of the day ?????? Why ? Becuase he finished a minute behind Webber ?????

Hamilton and Vettel, quick drivers but both are flawed

I must say that watching a driver block air with his knee (or worse, the back of his hand) is a classic example of how the rules limiting technology are so wrong. The teams are reverting to really trivial solutions that are both dangerous and ridiculous. This isn't the pinnacle of technology, it is the pinnacle of keeping the driver busy in the cockpit!!

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We've added Lewis Hamilton to the Driver of the day poll as a number of members requested that